Six Somali-Americans arrested trying to join IS group

[WorldNews]

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Six Somali-American men who planned to travel to Syria to fight as jihadists have been arrested and were to appear in court Monday on charges of conspiring to support a terrorist organization. The case was the latest in a series in recent months concerning Americans who have been accused of or stopped from traveling to the Middle East to join extremist groups. Federal prosecutor Andrew Luger told a press conference that the latest six suspects were from the northern state of Minnesota. He said the arrests were the result of a 10-month investigation by a joint terrorism task force into an extremist recruitment ring.

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